tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post5579700819704355108..comments2017-08-17T17:43:58.910-04:00Comments on Today's Inspiration: Austin Briggs: "The discovery of self"Leif Penghttps://plus.google.com/111672213320663226648noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-21193039617053118382009-02-10T11:22:00.000-05:002009-02-10T11:22:00.000-05:00That's a well deserved nomination!!!! How do peop...That's a well deserved nomination!!!! How do people vote, because Leif gets MINE!Joe Juskohttp://www.joejusko.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-47345624888034953832009-02-10T09:23:00.000-05:002009-02-10T09:23:00.000-05:00Phil;Wow, how incredibly thoughtful! Thank you - ...Phil;<BR/><BR/>Wow, how incredibly thoughtful! Thank you - I had no idea such a thing exists.Leif Penghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-18856068518443055652009-02-10T07:42:00.000-05:002009-02-10T07:42:00.000-05:00I have taken the liberty of nominating your blog f...I have taken the liberty of nominating your blog for a Premio Dardos Award, given for recognition of cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing. I had to choose the five blogs that I most admire and yours was one. Please pass it on if you can. Best wishes, Phil.Phil Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03075686435889440881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-7037957465397210242009-02-10T04:49:00.000-05:002009-02-10T04:49:00.000-05:00ooo!tom's comment is great too, trying to reverse-...ooo!<BR/><BR/>tom's comment is great too, trying to reverse-engineer the lines is quite interesting to do.toncihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775530618664005235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-30120161960473199412009-02-09T15:18:00.000-05:002009-02-09T15:18:00.000-05:00"He thought too little of his own personal approac..."He thought too little of his own personal approach and too much of other personalities in the field" ... does that ever ring a loud bell in my head !! <BR/><BR/>When I was an illustration student in 1958, Austin Briggs was the man with the gorgeous free flowing spontaneous line. Our illustration teacher would point out the beauty and artistic flair of his sumptuous line drawings. Briggs and Fawcett were the guys to look at and learn from, especially when it came to their line work. In those early days of illustration study, I didn't know much about projection drawing, I thought Briggs just drew directly from models or copied photos, and when I tried that spontaneous line technique directly on illustration board, I couldn't figure out how to correct my mistakes... which there were plenty. I tried drawing it very lightly first on illustration board in graphite pencil, then draw over the top of that with charcoal pencil, but that was a disaster. Then, I tried whiting out my mistakes and drawing back over the white paint, and that was even worse. Finally I came up with the idea of drawing it on a transparent layout pad with a tooth, using a preliminary drawing slipped underneath, and then cutting and inserting corrections where needed... but I would have to make a photostat of it, so it wouldn't show all the distracting patches! I could never show the original drawing as the finish. It was a lame solution for sure, but the best I could do at the time. <BR/><BR/>I was in awe as to how Briggs made it look so easy with NO MISTAKES! I could look at those Austin Briggs line drawings for hours, hoping to obsorb some of it. Just one of many idle worshiping introductions to the field of illustration, for an impressionable young student. Finding MY illustration direction was NOT easy, but inspiration can do wonders.<BR/><BR/>Tom WatsonTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237565169344311948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-36759788086541537832009-02-09T14:51:00.000-05:002009-02-09T14:51:00.000-05:00Beautiful drawing.Beautiful drawing.Mark Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898299574797827415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-20009938859663092092009-02-09T13:50:00.000-05:002009-02-09T13:50:00.000-05:00This is going to be a good week.Thanks LiefThis is going to be a good week.<BR/>Thanks LiefLarry MacDougallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017987999024372121noreply@blogger.com